August 20, 2026 Story Hour

The Pohnpei Public Library was filled with laughter, learning, and excitement during today’s Story Hour, as children came together for a fun and engaging session led by Mr. David Maney from Australia.

Mr. Maney brought energy and creativity to the session, encouraging the children to participate actively through story reading, singing, interactive games,. The children had the opportunity to explore different books and become better readers through using rhyme and repetition.

The Story Hour also featured colorful visual learning materials and interactive activities that helped make reading more enjoyable and accessible for all children. The children participated enthusiastically, shared plenty of smiles and laughter, and clearly enjoyed spending time together at the library.

We extend our sincere appreciation to Mr. David Maney for generously sharing his time, creativity, and passion for children’s learning. His dedication continues to help make Story Hour a welcoming and inclusive experience for our young library users.

A special thank you also goes to all the children and their families who joined us and made today’s Story Hour such a wonderful success. Your participation and enthusiasm are what make these library programs so meaningful.

We look forward to welcoming everyone back for more stories, songs, games, learning, and fun at the Pohnpei Public Library!

Come join us at Story Hour—where every story opens the door to a new adventure!

📚✨ Story Hour is Back! ✨📚

 After a big and exciting summer, we are so happy to welcome everyone back to Story Hour! 🎉📖

Today was our first Story Hour after the summer break, and it was so much fun! We were excited to see many new faces joining us and sharing in the joy of stories, learning, and imagination. 💛

For today’s Story Hour, we enjoyed two wonderful stories:

📕 “Back to School” — a fun story to help our little readers get ready for a new school year! 🎒✏️

🌺 Pohnpeian Legend: “Saudeleur” — bringing our local history, culture, and traditional stories into our Story Hour. 🌴📖

A very special thank you to Emmy and Ronsann for reading today’s wonderful stories and making Story Hour so enjoyable for the children. Your time, energy, and love for storytelling made the afternoon extra special! ❤️👏

Story Hour is more than just listening to a book—it helps children build their imagination, improve their listening and language skills, discover new ideas, and develop a lifelong love of reading. 📚✨

Come join us, meet new friends, discover wonderful stories, and give your child a fun place to learn and grow. Every story is a new adventure! 🌟

We can’t wait to see even more of our young readers at the next Story Hour! 💕📖

Bring your little ones, bring their imagination, and let’s read together! 📚🌈

Welcome to the Library Family!

Friends of the Pohnpei Public Library Board and staff are delighted to welcome Mr. David Maney from Australian Volunteers International, who will be serving as our Children’s Inclusive Librarian Mentor for the next six months. Still squinting at Pohnpei’s sun, he is ready to brighten our library with inclusive ideas and a heart for every child. 

Mr. Maney’s mission is to help us make the library a truly welcoming space for all children and families. His goals include, empowering our staff to feel confident in making choices, supporting families of children with disabilities so they know the library is a place they can visit regularly and building an inclusive environment where every child feels at home. 

 We look forward to learning from his expertise and working together to strengthen our library as a hub of inclusion, learning, and community. 

 Please join us in giving Mr. Maney a warm Kaselehlie and wishing him success in his mentorship journey with us!

Check out our inclusive program!

Throughout the rest of 2026 library staff will work with Australian volunteer, David Maney, Children's Inclusive Librarian mentor. Our goal is to make the library a welcoming place for children with disabilities and their families. This will include: 

-inclusive language and autism awareness workshop. 

-learning to use picture communication systems. 

-creating a social story for the library.

-offering a Weekly Inclusive Story Hour.

 We hope you can join us as we develop our inclusive practice at the Pohnpei Public Library.